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British Conservatives showing interest in Visegrád Group

The Editorial Board February 1, 2022

Visegrád/United Kingdom – The British may have left the European Union but they are not losing interest in Europe. While British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is leading talks about a possible alliance with Poland and Ukraine against Russia, Polish-born Conservative MP Daniel…

Politics

Poland and V4 acting against absurdities of EU climate policy

Olivier Bault December 23, 2021

Poland – Meeting on 16 December to discuss, among other things, soaring energy prices, the EU-27 were unable to agree on two issues that are crucial to Europe’s future: the CO2 emissions trading system (ETS) and the energy “taxonomy”, that is, the…

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Emmanuel Macron in Budapest talks to Orbán, the V4 and the Hungarian opposition

The Editorial Board December 14, 2021

France / Hungary / V4 - The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, visited Hungary on Monday, December 13, where he began with a visit to the tomb of the Marxist philosopher Ágnes Heller, before meeting with his Hungarian counterpart János…

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V4 heads of state hold summit in Budapest

The Editorial Board December 1, 2021

Visegrád Group – On Monday, 29 November, the presidents of Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – János Áder, Andrzej Duda and Zuzana Čaputová – met at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest for a summit of the Visegrád Group’s heads of state,…

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Budapest: V4 summit on immigration

The Editorial Board November 25, 2021

Visegrád Group – The heads of governments of the Visegrád Group met on 23 November in Budapest, at the initiative of Poland, to discuss migration issues in the context of the migration crisis at the Polish–Belarusian border. An attempt to destabilise the…

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V4–South Korea Summit in Budapest

The Editorial Board November 8, 2021

Visegrád Group/South Korea – On 4 November, Budapest hosted a summit between the four countries of the Visegrád Group and South Korea, as part of the Hungarian presidency of the V4. As Viktor Orbán pointed out, this brought together “five success stories”,…

Politics

The Czech Elections: Implications for Visegrád and the EU

Michael O'Shea October 28, 2021

Czechia – In a theme familiar to many in the West, polling predictions failed dramatically as Czechia held its lower-house elections on October 8-9. This time it worked against the populists, as the outcome was poor for incumbent Prime Minister Andrej Babiš…

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V4 countries heading towards closer military cooperation

The Editorial Board October 18, 2021

Visegrád Group – On 13-14 October, the chiefs of staff of the Visegrád Four – generals Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi (Hungary), Rajmund T. Andrzejczak (Poland), Daniel Zmeko (Slovakia), and Aleš Opata (Czechia) – met in Balatonakarattya on the shores of Lake Balaton, Hungary, where…

Interviews

Tereza Hyťhová: “The V4 is the future of cooperation, as the EU could very well disappear”

Alimuddin Usmani October 8, 2021

Interview with Tereza Hyťhová, Czech MP from the Trikolora party: “The V4 represents the future of cooperation at all levels because we have to take into account that the EU may disappear one day.” Tereza Hyťhová has been a member of the…

Interviews

George Simion: “Germany now controls a big part of our internal and external affairs”

Ferenc Almássy September 19, 2021

George Simion, President of the Romanian patriotic party AUR: "Regarding the Visegrád Group, we have the same history, we have the same interests, and we will have the same future. We cannot rely on Germany, which now controls a big part of…

Politics

V4 Defence Ministers’ Summit in Elbląg

The Editorial Board June 24, 2021

Poland – The four defence ministers of the Visegrád Group countries – Tibor Benkő (Hungary), Mariusz Błaszczak (Poland), Jaroslav Nad (Slovakia) and Jan Havránek (Czechia) – met for a regional summit on Sunday, 20-21 June, in Gdynia (near Gdańsk), where the Polish…

Society

The V4 countries stand for strong nation-state frameworks and the support for families

Partenaire March 20, 2021

This article has been published online by Századvég on March 10, 2021. The alliance of the Visegrad countries – Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic – is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The importance of the cooperation is demonstrated by the…